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Verilator 5.052 --timing: $strobe in always @(x) prints nothing; use $display + keep-last

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Fixture with always @(sig) $strobe(...) logging every change: Icarus 12 prints each change at end of step, but a Verilator 5.052 --timing build with a custom main loop (eval / nextTimeSlot) printed only the t=0 initial $strobe lines and none from the always blocks, although time advanced and values changed. Switching those to $display under ifdef VERILATOR works; a name can then print several times in one step (NBA at t=0, two blocking writes), so the checker must keep the LAST line per (time, name) to get the settled value. Two related gotchas: a comment starting with the word 'Verilator' inside a define body is parsed as a /*verilator ...*/ pragma (BADVLTPRAGMA error) - keep comments outside macros; and $random(seed) gives different sequences on Icarus and Verilator, so use your own xorshift if two simulators must share golden values.